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M. R. JOHNSON. PRESERVING AND GANNING RACK. APPLICATION FILED APR. 22. 1918.

1,308,244. Patented July 1, 919.

MARY ROBB JOHNSON, 0F BOISSEVAIN, MANITOBA,

PRIZE-SERVING- AND i,sos,24.4.

Application filednpril 2 .918.

To all whom it may concern: I

Be it known that I, MARY Roar. JoHjrrsoN,

a resident of the town of Boissevainpin the Province of Manitoba, Canada, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Preserving and Canning. Racks, of which the following is a specitication.

The invention relates to improvements in preserving and canning racks and the object of the invention is to provide a, simply con structed, light and durable rack on which jars or cans can be placed and held and which is arranged so that the loaded rack can be readily carried about.

A further object is to construct the rack especially designed for carrying a quantity of jars or cans and for holding them so that they can be readily and properly submerged in and withdrawn from boiling water as is required when canning or preserving food products.

A further object of the invention is to construct a rack of considerable capacity and one which can be readily folded up or collapsed when not in use.

With the above general objects in view the invention consists essentially in the arrangement and construction of parts hereinafter more particularly described and later pointed out in the appended claim, reference being had to the accompanying drawing in which Figure 1 represents a perspective view of the rack with a single jar thereon.

Fig. 2 represents a plan view of the rack as it appears folded.

Fig. 3 represents a longitudinal sectional view through the folded rack, the section being taken in the plane denoted by the hue XX Fig. 2. r

In the drawing like characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the several figures. I

1 represents a base piece or stand which, in the present instance, is formed from an open centered wire frame 2 closed by an open meshed wire screen 3. The stand is provided with short legs 1 permanently secured in any suitable way to the frame sides. At the ends the frame is fitted with outset cross portions 5 and 6 and between these outset portions I insert a stay wire 7 wh ch re1nforces the screen 3, the wire passing centrally beneath the screen from end to end.

Specification ofLetters Patent.

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To the cross portions 5 and 6 of the frame I connecthandles 8. and 9 which are pivotally mounted on the cross portions in. a manner as shown at 10 and 11. Each handle is. formed from a piece of wirebent in a peculiar manner as now disclosed.

The central portion of thewireis utilized for gripping purposes and the ends of the wire are turned downwardly at right angles and bent to provide two vertically disposed loopsuorwguides 12 and 13, the guides 12 being considerably shorter than those 13. The extremities of the wire are fastened permanently as indicated at let and 15 to the downturned portions of the wire and here it is to be observed that clearance spaces are maintained at 16 to provide passages between the loops. The lower ends of the loops 13 form foot pieces at 18 which support the ends of the rack. These specially constructed handles carry a guard frame 19 which is made from a single piece of wire bent to the same size and shape as the frame 2 and present outset cross end portions 20 and 21 corresponding to those -5 and 6.

In constructing the rack this top frame is inserted in position with the end portions 20 and 21 thereof received within the loops of the handles so that when the appliance is set up as shown in Fig. 1 the frame 19 will take a horizontal position a short distance, say three or four inches, above the frame 2 and with the cross portions 20 and 21 thereof received within the loops 12. In this position it will be observed that the frame 19 forms a guard which will prevent the material placed on the rack, such as jars 22, from slipping off the frame 1 sidewise or endwise.

Obviously when the appliance is set up as shown in Fig. 1 a number of jars can be set on the rack and it can be carried about by the handles readily.

An article of this kind, when used for preserving or canning, is usually submerged in boiling water contained within a boiler or such receptacle and consequently is of a fairly large capacity. For"this reason I' have made it so that it will fold up when not in use. The folding is accomplished by raising up the end portions 20 and 21 of the frame 19 until they clear out of the upper ends of the loops 12. When in this position the handles are swung inwardly to Patented uly 1 1919.

pass the end portions 20 and 21 of the top frame through the passages 16 into the upper ends of the loops 13, after which the cross portions are allowed to drop down within the loops 13 and until the guard frame lies on top of the bottom frame. The handles can then be closed doWn till they are lying as shown best in Fig. 3, where it will be seen that the appliance is in convenient form for storing purposes.

To set up the rack it will be seen that by reversing the operation as above described the frame 19 can be put back in the origi nal position as shown best in Fig. 1.

In connection with this rack it will be readily observed that the water in which the ars or cans are submerged has free access to the jar, getting under as well as over and around it. r

What I claim as my invention is 1- A collapsible rack comprising a base, a guard frame 19, handles pivotally connected to the base, each handle including a pair of guide loops, each loop comprising portions of unequal length communicating at their upper ends, the guard frame having end portions slidably held in the guide loops, being suspended in the short loops normally above the base and adapted to escape in the folding of the handles into the longer loops.

Signed at Boissevain, this seventh day of February, 1918.

MARY ROBB JOHNSON.

In the presence of MARGARET E. HARDY, EDWIN THOMAS JOHNSON.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. 0.- 

